Clothes-wringer.



S. T. WHITE.

CLOTHES WRINGER.

APFLICATIONHLED JUNE 3,1915.

Patented July 27, 1915.

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SAMUEL '1. WHITE, OF DAVENPORT, IOWA.

CLOTHES-WRINGER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL T. WHITE, a citizen of the United States, residin at Davenport, in the county of Scott and tate of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Wringers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to domestic clothes wringers, particularly such as are used in connection with wash-tubs and washing machines.

The object of my invention is to prevent injury to the hands of the operator when feeding clothes to and between the rubber rollers of a clothes wringer by fproviding a guard or fender with which the ngers come in contact during the insertion of the clothes before coming in contact with the roller, and thus warn the operator of the dangerous proximity of his fingers to the same, and

constructing said guards so that they will not prevent free access to said roller whenever it is deemed necessary. This I accomplish by the means. hereinafter fully described, and as particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a clothes wringer having my im.

provements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof taken on dotted line 2-2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view of a fragment of saidclothes' wringer embodying a modification of my invention. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section thereof taken on dotted line 44, Fig. 3. Fig; 5 is a vertical section of the same taken on dotted line 5-5,

Fig. 3, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows. Fig. 6 is a transverse section of a modified form of journal or trunnion of one of said guard rollers.

The principal features of construction of the clothes-wringer to which myimprovements are applied may be as shown in the accompanying drawings, or may conform to any of the other well known types of clotheswringers now in extensive use. The clotheswringer shown in the drawings comprises side-frames A, A, which curve upward from the screw-plates a that attach the wringer to the top of a washing-machine or to any other suitable support. The upper portions of these side-frames are provided with stationary bearings for the journals of the lower roller B, and are provided'with outwardly projecting arms b which, near their Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented uly 27, 3915.

Application filed June a, 1915. Serial No. 31,947.

extremities, have sockets into which the depending fulcrumnal pins 0 on the adjacent ends of the supporting jaws 0 enter. These aws are horizontally disposed members that extend rearwardly to about the vertical plane of the rear vertical edges of sideframes A and at points immediatelyover the journals of the lower roller are provided with suitable inverted open bearings for the journals of the upper roller D. The upper roller is kept in engagementwith the lower roller B and is made to press down upon the same by means of coil-springs d, d, that surround posts 6, 6, whose lower ends are secured in the upper edges of frames A and extend through suitable openings in aws C and have their upper ends screw-threaded and engaged by thumb-nuts E, which latter screw down upon the ends of a bridge F and regulate the pressure of the springsupon said jaws.

My invention comprises two pairs of small guard-rollers, 2 and 3, which are, referably, about one-half the diameter 0 the wringer-rollers, and are, preferably, made of wood. The lower guard rollers 3, 3, of each pair are arranged parallel to and along each side of the lower wringer roller B, and their journals rest and revolve in permanent bearings, and the upper guard-rollers 2, 2,

of each pair are arranged parallel to and along each side of the upper wringer roller 'D and have their journals 4 in vertically journals of the lower roller and extend.

down from the upper edge thereof to a point below the plane of the journals of the upper roller D, and are wide enou h to permit said journals to pass loosely erethrough. If desired, the side edges of plates 7 7, may be flanged toward the center of length of the wringer roller, and win s 6, 6, may project laterally from said anges. While, however, this construction is preferred, it is not essential.

The relative position of the guard-rollers I on each side of the wringer-rollers is such that they are separated sufiiciently to permit the insertion of the clothes'between the wringer rollers in the usual manner, but when the fingers of the hand come in contact 'with the guard-rollers the operator will know at oncethat he is running the risk of getting his fingers pinched and can withdraw his hand. If he thinks it is safe and practicable, however, he can shove his fingers closer to the wringer rollers an thereby force the upper guard-roller to move upward in its vertically elongated bearing out of the way. Should it, at any time, be desired to move the hand into contact with the wringer-rollers the upper guard roller In Figs. 3, 4 and 5, I show a modified construction of the bearings for the guardrollers. In this modification the upper ,portion of the wings are provided with vertically disposed tubular boxes 10, 10, the sides of which facing the center of length of the upper guard-roller, are provided with vertical slots 12, 12, for the passage therethrough of the journals 13, 13, of said upper roller. These journals extend into cylindrical blocks 14:, which are normally kept at the lower limits of their vertically slidable movement in the bores of said boxes by means of coil expansion springs 15, 15, the downward pressure of which is regulated by the screws 16 tapped down into the upper ends of said bores. The only difi'erence in the use of this modified form of bearings for a the journals of the upper guard-roller is that the downward pressure of said upper roller can be increased over that of the downward pressure of the upper guardrollers shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, which latter depend entirely upon their weight to retain them' in their lowermost positions. I/

While I much prefer to make the elements hereinbefore referred to as guard-rollers revoluble, yet it is apparent they could be easily converted into non-revoluble elements, if desired, without departing from the spirit 9f my invention, simply by making-their ournals or trunnions square in.cross-section, as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings.

What I claim as new is:

1. In a clothes-wring'er, the combination with the upper and lower rollers thereof, of a pair of guard-rollers whose axes are in the same vertical plane, one of which has stationary bearings and the other of which has vertically elongated bearings, and one of which is arranged alongside of and parallel to said lower roller and theother of which is arranged alongside of and parallel to the said upper roller.

2. In a clothes-\vringer, the combination with an upper and lower wringer-roller, and bearings therefor, of a supportinglate in terposed between the ends of sai rollers and their bearings, and an upper and lower guard-roller; said lower guard-roller being arranged alongside of andparallel to the lower wringer-roller and journaled in circular bearings in the laterally flaring portion of said supporting-plate, and said upper guard-roller arranged alongside of and parallel to said upper wringer-roller and journaled in vertically elongated bearings in said flaring portion ofthe supportingplate above the bearings of the lower guard-.

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3. In a clothes-wringer, the combination with an upper and lower wringer-roller, and bearings therefor, of a sup. orting-plate interposed between the ends 0 said rollers and their bearings, and an upper and lower guard-roller; said lower guard-roller being arranged alongside of and parallel to the lower wringer-roller and journaled in circular hearings in the laterally flaring portion of said supporting-plate, and said upper guard-roller arranged alongside of and par allel to said upper wringer-roller and journaled in vertically elongated bearings having outwardly and downwardly extended offsets from their upper ends.

4:. In a clothes-wringer, the combination with an upper and lower wringer-roller, and bearings therefor, of a supporting-plate interposed between the ends 0 said rollers .and their bearings and having vertical slots extending downward from the upper edges thereof and upward from the lower edges thereof for the passage ofthe journals of said rollers, and an upper and lower guardroller; said lower guard-roller being arranged alongside of and parallel to the lower wringer-roller and journaled in circular hearings in the laterally fiarin portion of said supporting-plate, and sald upper guard-roller arranged alongside of and arallel to said upper wringer-roller and ournaled in vertically elongated bearings in said flaring portion of the supporting-plate above the bearings of the lower guard-roller.

5. In a clothes-wringer, the combination with upper and lower rollers, and bearings therefor, of a supporting plate interposed between the ends of said rollers and their bearings and havinglateral wings projecting from their vertical edges, of two pairs of guard-rollers the lower ones of which are journaled in circularbearings in the lower portions of said wings on each side of and and bearings therefor, of a supporting-plate interposed between the ends of said rollers and their bearings, and having vertical slots extending down from their upper edges, and

vertical slots extending up from their lower edges through which the journals of said wringer-rollers pass, and said supporting- "plate having lateral wings and two pairs of 15 guard-rollers the lower ones of which are journaled in circular hearings in the lower portions of said wings alongside of and parallel to the lower wringer-roller and the upper guard-rollers of each pair journaled in vertically elongated bearings in said wings alongside of and parallel to the upper wringer-rollers.

7. Ina clothes-wringer, the combination with an upper and a lower wringer-roller, and bearings therefor, of supporting-plates interposed between the ends of said rollers and their bearings, and a guard-roller arranged alongside of and arallel to said upper wringer-roller and Journaled in vertically elongated bearings in the projecting side portions of said supporting-plates. v

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 26 dav of May, 1915.

SAMUEL T. WHITE.

Witnesses: I

A. G. BLAKEMORE, MARY DEGEN. 

